YAH-HOOIE!

Last winter, when we signed up for Germany/Austria, the tour itinerary listed an optional “Yodeling and Tyrolean Slap Dance” event.  Never having sharpened our taste for yodeling and certainly not knowing much about the Tyroleans, we did not sign up.   Once we arrived in the country though, we were immersed into the Teutonic sensibility of […]

MUNICH, JULY 22, 2016

Street scenes from Munich, Germany July 22nd and 23rd, 2016

SALZBURG, AUSTRIA

Yesterday we enjoyed Salzburg, so far one of our favorite places on this trip! Famous for two things…Mozart and the setting for “The Sound of Music.” This morning we visited Hitler’s Eagles’ Nest, located 6000 feet high atop a mountain just outside the city. This was where he and his Nazi colleagues planned the atrocities […]

TRAVEL HAT

Doug decided he wanted a hat from Austria. These pictures show about one third of all those he tried on. I felt that much of our shopping time was wasted with this exercise, but he finally found a satisfactory one. Unfortunately, we haven’t a picture yet of the winner.   Well, here’s the winner! When […]

THE BAVARIAN ALPS

Another one of those WOW kind of days… Set off through the Bavarian Alps once again to tour yet another residence of Ludwig II. (This guy is worth looking up if you don’t know anything about him! Donald Trump has nothing on Ludwig~~he had a giant ego and plenty of wealth that he did not […]

LIECHTENSTEIN TO NEUSCHWANSTEIN

We traveled from Switzerland to Austria today, also going through the tiny country of Liechtenstein. This journey, primarily through the Bavarian Alps, was exceptionally gorgeous. We visited Neuschwanstein Castle, the pride of King Ludwig II, and the castle Walt Disney used as the model for the Disney Cinderella castle. Also on the same property is […]